Celestus 6 Blond

Brewed by Haacht
Style: Belgian Ale
Boortmeerbeek, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled. Old rating from my second rating notebook, apparently missed to add this. Amber colour, small head. Flavour is malts, some fruits, alcohol and yeast. Flavour is fruit, alcohol, and mild yeast.

Light hazy amber coloured, average white head. Some sweet yeasty aroma, little fruity. Medium body, finish is little sweet-bitter. An average beer.

Bottled. Hazy amber coloured. Very yeasty aroma and flavour with some very unpleasant notes of rotten nuts. Thin and undrinkable.

Bottled (BB 07/2005)
Clear amber color, tight white head, some lace. Nose has toffee, smoked ham (!) and grassy hops. Malty with light toffee sweetness, rye, smoke, finishing to bitterish hops. Unbalanced and not very enjoyable.

(Bottled) Clear amber color with a small, vanishing, lacy head. Sweetish-caramely, fruity and slightly yeasty aroma with acidic and sour hints. Sweet-malty, somewhat fruity and hoppy, slightly acidic, bitter and sour flavor with rye and toffee hints. Medium-bodied, bitter and acidic palate with moderate carbonation. I’m pretty sure this is Tongerlo 6 Blonde, since it felt familiar from the first sniff. A slightly below-average blond, but drinkable.

UPDATED: JUL 2, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Actually more amber than blond, what I usually refer to as fully golden. Filtered with a HUGE head that never flattens - quite impressive. Typical Belgian yeasty notes, otherwise fruity with some nutty notes. Fresh with some bitterness in the palate. "Celestus" is a brand for a Belgian supermarket-chain (have forgotten which) and I wonder if this is just a Tongerlo 6 Blond in disguise? 050305

The disembogues from the 330ml brown bottle a lightly clouded amber color with a dinosauric semi-creamy light tan head and as it slowly fades to nothingness the lace forms a satin sheet to lie upon the glass. The aroma of ripe peaches, sweet and appetizing; crisp with the start sweet and the malt profile perfect, top is light to moderate in its feel to the palate. Finish is stern in its acidity, the hops ever so mild but pleasant, very dry and lingering aftertaste, ah what is better than a well made beer, “Hell Yeah”, another well-made beer.

YMER in the aroma. Unpleasant flavour. Very yeasty and rather watery. Thin body with a weak mouthfeel.